I am looking for a good multiple disk NAS to act as local storage with RAID and cloud access for when out of the office. somewhere in the 2-4TB range. i have found multiple but have read the reviews and alot seem like they have issues so im looking for someone that has one up and running now that they could reccomend.

If you are considering a solution for business needs, Synology and Netgear ReadyNAS are great off-the-shelf NAS boxes and have a variety of cloud options. For the business collaboration requirement, Egnyte can sync your business data from the Synology and ReadyNAS with the cloud. Your local team can work on the on-premises Synology/ReadyNAS box while the remote users can access the latest versions of the files from the cloud. You can read more about Egnyte over here. Let me know if you need more information.

If you have an old desktop PC lying around, you could install FreeNAS, NAS4Free, or even create a file server from existing Windows. For only ten users, you won't need anything with too much power. If you have a budget, though, buy one of the standalone NAS devices, less chance of something going wrong.

ditto with Fez... have never accessed my NAS devices except via VPN but not sure why it would be an issue...

I was looking for cost savings when I went with my NAS devices because they were a temporary solution... but I went with the Buffalo device and then when I needed a faster and larger array I bought a QNAP device. I have enjoyed them both and had no issues with either.

If you have an old desktop PC lying around, you could install FreeNAS, NAS4Free, or even create a file server from existing Windows. For only ten users, you won't need anything with too much power. If you have a budget, though, buy one of the standalone NAS devices, less chance of something going wrong.

Doesn't reallyaddress the remote access requirement. While still possible, there is even more work and complexity to layer on top.

As for the OP, I have a Synology 1813+﻿ at home serving as a file and media server. The cloud access is pretty good, and the Synology apps f(for Android at least) work pretty well. I have a dual stack config at home so most of the time I just directly access the Synology via IPv6. The synology can also act as a VPN server so that is another option for remote access.

While in Mexico for holidays recently, I used one of the Synology apps to stream music to my Android tablet, this worked great.

I don't use the synology as a storage backend for my hypervisors because that is doing it wrong from a system design perspective (my hypervisors use synchronized local storage).

I know of a couple of local businesses using the Synology as file servers with 15+﻿ users. The ability to join a domain and have your file permissions based on Active Directory accounts is pretty nice (I am sure there are other NAS solutions that do this, Synology is the only one I have personally tested).

At work we use Synologies for backup destination and for occasionally used storage (app installation files and ISOs for example).

Hth,

The performance has been limited by gigabit ethernet as opposed to any bottlenecks existing in the NAS itself (I imagine that this is true for most NAS devices today, gigabit ethernet is so sloooooooooow).

Hey Matt, Seagate has some great NAS products that appear to meet your requirements. Take a look at our NASpage where you can answer a couple of questions so that we can find the product to best fit your needs. (For example, how many employees, size needs, etc). With Seagate NAS 2-bay or 4-bay (2TB-20TB), you'll have centralized management access, remote access for employees who are out of the office and simple file transfer. Feel free to PM me with any questions, I'd be happy to help out further.

I have a ReadyNAS and really like it. The reviews of Synology are also great and so might buy one of those if I was shipping today. Here is a great roundup for four bay NAS boxes: four-bay roundup review. The same site later reviewed a Thecus unit.

If you are considering a solution for business needs, Synology and Netgear ReadyNAS are great off-the-shelf NAS boxes and have a variety of cloud options. For the business collaboration requirement, Egnyte can sync your business data from the Synology and ReadyNAS with the cloud. Your local team can work on the on-premises Synology/ReadyNAS box while the remote users can access the latest versions of the files from the cloud. You can read more about Egnyte over here. Let me know if you need more information.